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*[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140618122259.htm Sexting among youth more prevalent than thought? Minors unaware of harsh legal consequences, survey shows] - Sexting among youth is more prevalent than previously thought, according to a new study. More than 50 percent of those surveyed reported that they had exchanged sexually explicit text messages, with or without photographic images, as minors. The study also found that the majority of young people are not aware of the legal ramifications of underage sexting. (ScienceDaily)<!-- Added 6-30-14 --> | |||
*[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/named-persons-spies-in-the-family-home/15261#.U6___7G8OSE Named persons: spies in the family home] - The Scottish government’s plan to provide every child with a ‘state guardian’ is downright scary. (Josie Appleton - spiked, UK)<!-- Added 6-29-14 --> | *[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/named-persons-spies-in-the-family-home/15261#.U6___7G8OSE Named persons: spies in the family home] - The Scottish government’s plan to provide every child with a ‘state guardian’ is downright scary. (Josie Appleton - spiked, UK)<!-- Added 6-29-14 --> | ||
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In Other News
- Sexting among youth more prevalent than thought? Minors unaware of harsh legal consequences, survey shows - Sexting among youth is more prevalent than previously thought, according to a new study. More than 50 percent of those surveyed reported that they had exchanged sexually explicit text messages, with or without photographic images, as minors. The study also found that the majority of young people are not aware of the legal ramifications of underage sexting. (ScienceDaily)
- Named persons: spies in the family home - The Scottish government’s plan to provide every child with a ‘state guardian’ is downright scary. (Josie Appleton - spiked, UK)
- Dancing In His Underwear for the Garbage Man, Noah Embraced Queerness and Sexuality Since Childhood - "One of my earliest memories though was of me being in love with our garbage man." ( Noah Michelson - Driftwood)
- I Know My 9-Year-Old Son's 'Type': Pretty Boys With Dark Hair - 9 year-old is already well known for his crush on Darren Criss of Glee. His father 'Dave' writes: (HuffPost)
- The Center for Sexual Justice: How the Criminalization of the Queer Community Affects Us All - The Center for Sexual Justice and the criminalization of gay youth. (Andrew Extein, MSW - HuffPost )
- Was I a Teenage Sexual Predator? - Account of a teenages exploits with older men. (Mark S. King - HuffPost )
- Keep the emotion police out of family life - The dangers behind the NSPCC’s campaign to criminalise ‘emotional abuse’.(Frank Furedi - spiked, UK)
- White supremacists sentenced to life in prison for murdering sex offender, wife - Moodys targeted Charles Parker because he was a registered sex offender, and Jeremy Moody admitted to authorities that he had planned to kill another registered sex offender before being caught.(TIM KIMZEY - BlueRidgeNow.com)
- Clifford is a creep, but what’s that got to do with Savile? - The first celebrity to be hanged from Yewtree is unlikely to be the last. (Mick Hume - spiked, UK)
- Victims of child pornography can be paid for their losses, but within limits, high court says - The justices said in a 5-4 ruling that a 1994 federal law gives victims the right to seek restitution from offenders, but only to the extent that the victim’s losses are tied to the offenders’ actions.” (Mark Sherman, Daily Journal) (See: Voodoo Molestation and US Law)
- Is ‘eat your peas!’ emotional abuse? - How the language of child protection can be used to undermine adult authority. (Dennis Hayes - spiked, UK)
- How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations - One of the many pressing stories that remains to be told from the Snowden archive is how western intelligence agencies are attempting to manipulate and control online discourse with extreme tactics of deception and reputation-destruction. (The Intercept)
- Scotland: Every Child to Have “State Guardian” From Birth - Every child in Scotland is to be assigned a “state minder” from birth under draconian new proposals that would enable the government to spy on families under the justification of preventing “child abuse”. ( PrisonPlanet.com)
- Capitol Punishment: The Troubling Consequences of Federal Child Pornography Laws - The legislative scheme underlying current child pornography laws in the U.S. goes much further than addressing the actual harm caused by viewing or possessing such images. ( The Huffington Post)
Art and Entertainment
- 'X-Men' director Bryan Singer targeted in teen sex abuse lawsuit - A lawyer who filed a teen sex abuse lawsuit against "X-Men" director Bryan Singer said three more "Hollywood types" will be targeted in similar suits soon. (Los Angeles (CNN))
- Australia bans award-winning Swedish film Children's Island over child porn concerns - Censors have refused classification for a 30-year-old award-winning Swedish film (aka Barnens ö), in effect banning it, after an application by the Australian Federal Police. (The Sydney Morning Herald, Au)
Books and reviews
- Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us by Jesse Bering – review (The Guardian UK) - We cannot choose who we are sexually attracted to – so stop judging.
